Legislation & Regulations

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange A long-running back-and-forth battle between the letter and intent of workplace safety regulations recently added another Click here to read the full article.

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Late last week President Donald Trump issued an executive order intended to advance opportunities in education, training and Click here to read the full article.

By Rebecca Spiess for Downtown Devil A bill amending the application of a controversial Arizona tax incentive has passed through the legislature and awaits Governor Doug Click here to read the full article.

By Mike Sunnucks for Phoenix Business Journal The Arizona Legislature is again looking at property tax breaks cities give to developers and businesses. That includes changing Click here to read the full article.

By Jessica Boehm for The Arizona Republic A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has lifted a temporary construction ban on the Chinese Cultural Center, allowing the Click here to read the full article.

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Last week I compiled information from some half-dozen different articles and outlets about the ongoing copyright and Click here to read the full article.

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Having covered a lot of stories that featured real violence early in my career, I try to avoid military/violent adjectives Click here to read the full article.

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange About the only thing that hasn’t been covered in the tumult following President Trump’s Tuesday press conference, where Click here to read the full article.

By Kevin Reagan for Casa Grande Dispatch A Pinal County judge has ruled that a permit granted to the APEX Motor Club project in Maricopa is subject to a referendum, thus Click here to read the full article.

By Kevin Reagan for Casa Grande Dispatch A second civil lawsuit has been filed against the City of Maricopa for approving the construction of a racetrack. The complaint was Click here to read the full article.

Source: Arizona Department of Transportation Construction of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway remains on track with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejecting the Click here to read the full article.

By Jim Rogers, Special to AZBEX Small remote controlled aircraft – affectionately called drones and officially designated as Unmanned Aircraft Systems by the Federal Click here to read the full article.

By Jay Starkman for Phoenix Business Journal Every year, employers within certain industries who have more than 10 employees have been required by the Occupational Safety and Click here to read the full article.

By Alejandra Cancino for Chicago Tribune Wednesday, the Labor Department spelled out how to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. The Click here to read the full article.

Source: City of Phoenix The City of Phoenix Planning and Development Department now offers 23 new online permits through the city website. Previously, there were nine online Click here to read the full article.

By Catherine Reagor for The Arizona Republic Changes to renter taxes, construction-defect claims, landlords’ rights and property valuations were all wrangled during the Click here to read the full article.

By Matt Meaker for Sacks Tierny P.A. During its 2015 session, the Arizona legislature made a number of substantive changes to a law that went into effect just three months Click here to read the full article.

By Jeff Grant for Daily News-Sun A House panel has advanced legislation that could halt work on a new casino near the city, the West Valley’s first such project. The Click here to read the full article.

Contributed by Jim Rogers – Director, Arizona State University’s OSHA Education Center In 2014 OSHA published new rules for reporting occupational injuries. These rules Click here to read the full article.

Photo credit: pewtrusts.org By Tom Ichniowski for Engineering News-Record As Republicans’ wave of Election Day victories propelled them to control of the Senate and an Click here to read the full article.

By Mike Sunnucks for Phoenix Business Journal The state of Arizona needs an extra year to roll out a new portal centralizing how contractors and other businesses pay their Click here to read the full article.

A state hearing officer on Wednesday recommended rescinding a permit given to a company to extract copper from the ground underneath Florence using chemicals. Photo credit: Click here to read the full article.

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